Improvement in presses



L. BOUDREAUX.

PRESS.

No. 47,387. Patehted Apr. 25, 1865.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE-a LOUIS BOUDREAUX, on THIBODAIIX, LOUISIANA.

IMPROVEMENT. I PRESS Es.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No- 47,3 87 dated April 25,1865.

To all w/tom it may concern.- g

Be it known that I, LOUIS BOUDREAUX, of Thibodaux, in the parish of La Fourche and State of Louisiana, have invented a new and Improved Baling-lress; and I do hereby declare that the .following is a full, clear, and

exact description'of'the same,- reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which'.

Figure 1 is a side sectional view of my invention, taken in the line a: m, Fig. 2;"Fig. 2,

a transve se vertical section of the same, taken in theline y 3 Fig. l v 1 3 Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the twofigures. p p This .-'iuvention relates to a new and improved press for compressing substan cessuch as cotton, hay, &c.,for the purpose of hating the same.

The invention consists in the employment. or use of toggle-1evers, and a Windlass ar ranged in .a novel manner, so that the press' may be used in eithera vertical or a hori zontal positiou,and by any convenient'power.

To enable those skilled in the art to'fully' understand and construct my invention, I'will proceed to describe it.

A represents the framing of the press, which may be constructed in any proper manner, so as to be strong and durable; and B is a pressbox secured in the lower part of said framing, the press in the drawings being represented in a vertical position. The press-box may be constructed in the usual manner,.and therefore does not require a minutes description.

V G is a vertical shaft placedinthe-upper' part.

of the framing A, and having a shoulder, a,

upon it,which bears or rests upon'a cross-bar,

D, on the framing, the lower end of said shaft being stopped in across-bar, E, some distance below D, as shown in both figures.

0n the shaft 0 there is placed loosely a sleeve or jacket, F, the exterior of which is of bi-conical form. This sleeve or jacket is connected with the shaft Gby means of a clutch formed ofa recess, 1), in the upper end of the sleeve or jacket, and a projection, c, on the shaft 0, the sleeve or collar being moved on said shaft in order that the recess 1) may re- -ceive the projection c by means of a jointed or elbow lever, G.

H is the follower of the press, which works in the box B, and is connected by hinges or 7 joints dd tothe lower ends of the arms e e of two toggles, I I. The upper ends of the arms e'Qe'of these toggles are connected to cross heads J J the endsof which are suspended by links f to the ends of the cross-bar E. Each crosshead J'has two or more claws, g, at its upper edge, which work or project over the edges of E and serve as guides for the arms e e.

A is a rope, the ends of which are attached,

"oneto the upper and the other to the lower end of the sleeve or jacket F, said rope passing-around pulleys h in the upper parts 'of the: arms e e of the.toggles I I.

(See Fig. 1.)

On the upper end of the shaft 0 there is keyed a horizontal wheel, L, having two, sweeps, 1\I:M, attached to it.

N N are two cords connected to the follower.

H, and extending upward through the cross;

barE and over pulleys i 1;, down to a windlass, O.

From the above description it will be seen.- that when the follower II is elevated in the press-box B, and the latterfilled with the sub,

.stance to be compressed,and the shaft Gturned with the sleeve or jacket F connected withit',";

the follower H will be forced down, the rope K being wound up on the sleeve :or jacket,

and the upper ends of the arms es of the toggles drawn toward each other. The compressed substance is hooped or .bound in-thensualor any proper manner, the lower part of" thepress-box being provided with doors,through which the bale is removed-a The vfollower may be raised by turning the Windlass 0 in the proper direction.

This press, when desired, can be used in a horizontal 'positionby having the wheel L beveled and toothed, as shown in the draw ings, so that a pinion on a power-shaft may gear into it. ,The whole arrangement is extremely'simple and compact.

. Having thus described my invention, the

following is what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

In combination with the toggles II and beater H, the shaft 0 and jacket F, so 0011' structed as to be coupled and uncoupled by the lever G, and adapted to permit the rope K to be unwound and the beater to be raised without reversing the motion of the wheel L.

LOUIS BOUDREAUX.

Witnesses: r

I. BADEAUX, F. LEGENDY. 

